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Guides help hunters to a nice day's work

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For the fifth consecutive year, disabled hunters and their guides converged at Savannah River Site for a special gobbler hunt. This year's event, held last weekend, attracted 27 hunters, accompanied by guides, who went out at 4 a.m. each day and took 17 gobblers.

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Tim Spell, from Adel, Ga., and his guide, Milo Lucas, show off a gobbler taken during the Wheelin' Sportsmen, held last weekend at Savannah River Site.

Hunters with disabilities gathered last weekend for the fifth consecutive year for the National Wild Turkey Federation's "Wheelin' Sportsmen" gobbler hunt at Savannah River Site.

A total of 27 hunters turned out this year, each of whom was accompanied by a guide or caller, said NWTF's Brian Purtymun. "They went out at 4 a.m. each morning, and throughout the hunt they bagged 17 gobblers," he said. Many of the guides were SRS employees and fellow hunters.

David Cianfarano, a disabled veteran from Fountain Inn, S.C., has attended each year since the event began.

"If it wasn't for the NWTF and their Wheelin' Sportsmen program, I wouldn't be out here today enjoying myself, and wouldn't have been able to experience the thrill of getting this gobbler," Cianfarano said.